Join us for a year of literacy

4:05 PM,
Jan. 31, 2014

Written by

Ashley Lasher
OPINION

With tenacity, hard work and courage, we can accomplish anything in 2014.

Over the course of these first three weeks of 2014, four exceptional individuals, all students at the Literacy Council of Buncombe County, have reminded me that each new year, each new week, and each new day affords us the opportunity to achieve personal goals.

Kim is 25 years old and came to the Literacy Council in June 2013 with admirable goals: earning her GED, registering to vote, getting a job in the medical field, leaving public assistance, and helping her children with their homework. She has been taking classes at ...